Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley

This week, I’m devoting all the episodes to what I’m calling Operation De-Escalation, because we are all on our last nerves. We'll explore ways you can help take things down a notch, both in the outside world and in your own mind. And today is all about acknowledging that we're all on edge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is one of my personal favorites because when I answered this question for myself, it helped me find a process that helped me get my work done without feeling guilty or stressed--and it can help you do the same thing. See you next week with new episodes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ooh, this is a juicy episode that helps you poke around in your subconscious and figure out why you do the things you do AND why you don’t do the things you don’t do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode helped put How to Be a Better Person podcast on the map when it got mentioned in an article called "The 7 Podcasts Will Help You Achieve Your Goals in 2020." It offers a deceptively simple, and deceptively powerful, forgiveness exercise that is NOT about forgiving someone else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is another 'best of' episode that gives you one simple task to do for the rest of the day, and that is to do whatever it takes to not interrupt anyone. It's harder than it might sound (and shows just how challenging it can be to truly listen). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Know that awkward moment, at a 4-way stop sign or on a sidewalk, when you don't know who should go first? Just for one day, be the person who waves the other person on. It's nice, yes, but it also alleviates decision fatigue (and dispels awkwardness). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As you head out to celebrate the 4th of July, you are probably going to see plenty of examples of behavior that you are going to want to judge something fierce. This 'best of' episode will help you either a) head judgment off at the pass, or b) at least not get stuck in it when it does settle in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alone time is an important component of emotional hygiene, but since Covid-19 struck, it's been in limited supply for those folks who live with other people--especially when those other people are your children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yes, it's a worthy effort to try to be and do better. But if that's all you do, it can start to feel like you're wearing a too-tight jacket. And then you want to just give up. This 'best of' episode helps you keep making progress while also cutting yourself some slack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's another one from the vault that pertains to relationships. It's a mantra that helps you find the right balance between being truthful and being kind. (And includes a story about my daughter that will send you straight back to 6th grade.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Repairing after a fight is a rarely taught skill that helps you keep your relationship strong even when there’s been a disturbance in the force. And let's face it, with all the upheaval 2020 has brought with it thus far, it's easier than ever to pick fights with the folks you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting more nature in your life helps ease everything from inflammation to anxiety and depression. Even more importantly, in my mind, is it gives you a mental reset, and oh my goodness gracious, who doesn’t need a mental reset right about now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I truly believe that smoothies are the perfect food for this moment because they’re delicious, chock full of whole foods, and require minimal prep and minimal cleanup. Smoothies for president! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're stuck at home, your gym is probably still closed (or maybe you're nervous about going)--how can you keep up with moving the ole bod during quarantine? Biomechanist, author, and all-around smarty pants Katy Bowman can help you think about meaningful ways that address your movement needs that also make you a better person and the world a better place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

We’ve all heard the advice to drink 8 glasses of water a day, but most of us are still drinking the same amount of water that we ever were. Which is, let’s face it, probably not enough. Here's an awesome way to boost health by boosting hydration that takes less than a minute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are probably things you’ve been doing to help you cope with these weird, weird times that maybe aren’t the healthiest choices. That is totally OK and very human of you. But it’s very possible that the coping mechanisms we adopt now will calcify into a habit that will be hard to undo. Asking yourself this one Q will help you keep it in check. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

If you are committed to doing the work required to become an anti-racist, it’s a wonderful thing, but you don’t want to go it alone. We need anti-racism to spread beyond ourselves and to do that, we have to link up with other people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s big idea is that each of us has to take responsibility for our own education about the issues we care about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea J. Lee is a master coach who helps people do the things that feel impossible--kind of like dismantling racism might feel. She's here to help us discern the difference between feeling personally offended and morally offended, so that we can be part of the solution and not part of the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s big idea is that a huge, monumental piece of the inner work that it will take for white people to truly become anti-racists, both in their own minds and out in the world, is getting more comfortable with messing up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're wrestling with with a basic, fundamental question that is on more people’s minds than ever at this particular point in history: are you racist or not? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s big idea is something that’s tough to swallow and also a path to hopefulness. And that is that we need to accept the reality that the past is not anything we’re going to get back to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a tough time for everyone, for a lot of reasons. But our kids are really taking this on the chin, at all ages. So let's check in on how they're doing and how we might be able to better support them through it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that kids are home pretty much all the time, there’s been a lot of coverage in the media about how women are bearing the brunt of taking care of kids while schools, daycares, and now camps are shut down. I want to take a look at the reality of this, and not just what the headlines say, so I interviewed Rachael Ellison, co-host of The Breadwinners podcast and an expert on work-life balance, for...

As the coronavirus continues to be a factor in our lives, we’re having to continually deal with new and different shades of grief. Because that’s really what’s at the crux of so much of the news regarding the pandemic--loss. And the tricky thing about grief is that it’s a slippery little devil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices